Definition on Extracurricular Activities Extracurricular activities allow students to pursue interests outside of a standardized context (Strate,1996). Extracurricular activities are the activities that caters the students’ voluntary involvement that is situated at the external realm of the academic curriculum of a school or in a university. These activities encourage students to permissively expose themselves with others of the same age with a purpose. However, extracurricular activities are offered to all students but volunteer activities are not always extracurricular activities. Every activity is a students’ initiative in order to help others such as feeding programs, tutorials, etc. On the other hand, extracurricular activities are not only made for the purpose of allowing the students to do social outreach but for them to interact with others and build public relationship that would help them along during their stay in the university. This present study aims to investigate if these extracurricular activities cannot only be defined by the following involvements, but it could serve as an outlet for students from academics. …show more content…
Being brilliant in the classroom can be done by any individual, but in order for one to be holistically developed one must be knowledgeable on how to take control on things that may arise after school as a professional. Extracurricular activities will train students to be resilient in any situation that they may encounter and seek solutions for every conflict that will arouse. In fact, the students will acquire the skills such as being innovative, creative, and idealistic on seeking solutions for every
When students participate in extracurricular activities they learn lessons and concepts of leadership, teamwork, organization, analytical thinking, problem solving, and time management. In high school if a student wants to do a sport or other activity they will pick the activity that they like and enjoy. This is the kind of decision making skill that could help determine the type of career path for a student. By participating in extracurricular activities youth can find something they enjoy learn to use this in a career. “Participating in certain extracurricular activities having to do with the field that the student is interested in could help them find a job. If someone is looking at a resume for a potential employee, and they see they have experience or interest in what they are looking for, they will be more likely to hire that person” (Massoni). Having been apart of a particular extracurricular activity can be a positive influence in a job resume. This will cause students to find a new ambition in a career. Even on college applications these activities will affect if a student will be accepted, and in some circumstances many activities can earn a student thousands of dollars in scholarships (Massoni). Extracurricular activities can benefit students in teaching them long term commitments. When youth participate in
In my point of view, extracurricular activities are what shape a student into what they are or become. SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization that helps students obtain the leadership, hands on, professional, and employability skills that America is searching for. Although at first, students do not find this extracurricular activity as interesting as a sport, they fail to recognize that this organization is for students and ran by students. As Pope John Paul II said, “The future starts today, not tomorrow.” Today, I know that SkillsUSA is helping me take a step closer to what I want to do in my
When most people think of band, football, photography, and chess club they do not believe that these programs will teach more than how to throw a ball or how to play B flat on an instrument, but that is untrue. There have been many studies done on the effectiveness extracurricular activities (ECAs) have on students, and how these activities produce miraculous outcomes and can be the foundation for the academic excellence of a student. Taxes are so high in our country, and many schools have cut after school programs because of budget expenses, which students will benefit immensely from ECAs throughout their lives because it raises the graduation rate, broadens student’s
If a researcher wants to determine if a student who participated in extra-curricular activities in high school will have higher grades in college than a student who didn’t, they could see the cause and effect that extra-curricular activities has on a student’s college studies.
Since Early College High School was founded in the year 2006, the school and its students have always been at disadvantage. The school has lacked several opportunities such sports, scholarship opportunities, etc. However, a topic that has been the spotlight of discussion amongst students over the course of eleven years has been the lack of extracurricular activities. This problem does not only affect students, but it rather affects faculty members as well. Although there has been a slow but gradual increase in solving this problem, this change has come forth at a lengthy rate. It has been 11 years since change has been prompted, and although the current students are benefiting from this change, there have been several generations of
Extracurricular activities are considered an important part of school life at OSHS because of the positive qualities gained from
Participation in extracurricular activities is considered an important part of a pupil's scholastic life. Activities include marching band, choir, robotics, Yearbook, Yes Club, and Cheerleading.
Extra curricular activities show how active a student is involved with his or her community.
Extra Curricular Activities help our students threw out all the schools by giving thema academical change or just change who they are a person if they have behavior problems they could use those classes could give them that drive to be a nicer person and have that skill of leadership that is needed in young kids like one little girl said in the document “My dream is to
One of the main struggles among college students today is that they are required to compete against one another to appear exceptional. In frequent cases, students are trying so vigorous to look favorable on paper in order to be accepted into a prestigious school or to be hired to a higher-paying job. Students are required to compete against each other in order to obtain scholarships. It is commonly known that the better grades you earn in school, the more likely it is for you to earn a scholarship at all, and even then, you may secure one that offers more money. This stems from a belief that higher grades mean a higher rate of success, but this is not always the case. Scholarships are also limited in quantity, so if students want to pay as little for college as possible, they must be the first one to place their foot in the door in order to even receive the scholarship. In addition to having to keep up with schoolwork and, for thousands of high school students, jobs, a myriad also participate in extracurricular activities. Being part of an extracurricular activity can show
When most people get to the “extracurricular activities” section of a college application, they just list all the things that they were able to do and don’t put any thought in it. It looks great, because it shows that you can not only do your school work, but balance other activities as well. But what we don’t understand is that many kids never get that chance to participate in these activities, and therefore they don’t get to fill out that section and they get left behind.
So why are extracurricular activities important? Extracurricular activities shape how a person acts within him or herself, in the community, and their performance in school. Schools should highly encourage every student to be in some type of activity (Hollrah).
Kikimo Fujita “The Effects of Extracurricular Activities on the Academic Performance of Junior High School Students”
Did you know that having an extracurricular hobby can help high school and college students in academics? Things such as being engaged in an orchestra, or a club on campus are common; my hobby has been athletics. I have excelled in athletics all my life and decided to take it to the college level. I can't describe how much that experience has had an impact on my ability to manage time, my health, and my success as a student.
One of the parents' greatest achievements and immediate responsibility is to sent their children toschool but sending them to school doesn't only mean to make them accademically active but also tomake them socially active by joining and participating on ectra-curricular activities. Participating onextra-curricular activities contributes a lot and helps the child molds their social being. From preparatory to elementary to high school and even to college, school doesn't only for academicenhancements and purposes, it always includes extra-curricular activities.Students who participate in extracurricular activities generally benefit from the many opportunitiesafforded them. Benefits of participating in extracurricular activities included having better grades,having higher standardized test scores and higher educational attainment, attending school moreregularly, and having higher a higher selfconcept. Participants in out-of-school activities oftenlearned skills such as teamwork and leadership while decreasing the likelihood of alcohol use andillicit drug use and related problem behaviors. Those who participate in out-of-school activitiesoften have higher grade point averages, a decrease in absenteeism, and an increased connectednessto the school.Music, parental involvement, sports - all of these have an influence on how children performacademically. The way children choose to spend their free time can affect their school performance;it is not simply traditional in-class instruction that impacts academic achievement.Students attending school who participates in some sort of organized activities which may includeclubs, athletic opportunities, dance line or cheer teams, Scouts, drama or theater, youth groups,student council, and club sports. There is substantial interest in how teenagers are spending their leisure time outside the school day, and what types of activities are important to their development.Through my research, I found out that there are studies that support either being involved, beingover-involved, or not being involved at all in extracurricular activities and how participation canimpact what becomes of teens in the future based on participation in activities outside the schoolday.Research indicates